Genesis 27:28-29. *Find out where God wants you to reside. 4:25–27; Deut. Genesis 49:1-2.”And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. GOD WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BLESS IDOLATROUS NATIONS. (2 Peter 3:8). When Jeroboam was King of the ten tribes of Israel, he sinned by making two golden calves as idols for Israelites to worship instead of keeping God’s Feast of Tabernacles at Jerusalem. These Nations of the Kingdoms of men are not blessed by God, but they are allowed to grow strong and powerful in accordance with God’s Plan. The Lord promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head. The scriptures teach that through the covenant family of Abraham and Sarah “shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal.” (Abr. Kent P. Jackson, associate professor of ancient scripture and chairman of Near Eastern Studies at Brigham Young University, is a stake missionary in the Orem Utah Lakeview Stake. It is the last two thousand years leading up to the return of Jesus Christ that Jacob referred to as the last days when he told his sons what would befall them. Jeroboam could have had a Kingdom passed down to all his descendants if he trusted God and obeyed His commandments. © Copyright 2019 - Created and Designed by Faber Websites, UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY BIBLE – PART ONE, UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY BIBLE – PART TWO. The next thing that God teaches Abraham after the covenant is a revelation on astronomy. Because the Holy Days of God are not part of the religion, God’s Plan for mankind is unknown. The fact is that these nations are blessed not because they deserve the blessings but because God made a promise to their predecessor Abraham. The sin of Jeroboam was so severe in leading Israel away from God that the ten tribes of Israel lost all knowledge of God’s true Holy Days and lost sight of who they were. The Three Blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant God’s covenant to Abraham promises personal blessings (for Abraham himself), national blessings (for the 12 tribes of Israel), and universal blessings (for all of the redeemed)--not one or the other, but all three. 1 Kings 14:21-24.” And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. The lost tribes of Israel lost their name and their identity and were no longer called Israel but ancient Britons were later known as Anglo-Saxons. Therefore the ancient Hebrew word for Covenant Man in Anglicized form would be BRT-ish. That is, because Christ fulfills the Law and receives to himself the Abrahamic covenant blessings, and because the Law cannot provide these blessings, the blessings must come to … These blessings were later reaffirmed to Abraham by covenant (Genesis 15:1–12; JST Genesis 15:9–12). 35:11–12.) The Lord told their mother that they would become two Nations and the elder would serve the younger. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made; and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.”. When Mom Can’t Be Home—Making the Best of Second Choice, Barbara W. Winder, Joy F. Evans, and Joanne B. Doxey, “We Prophesy of Christ”: The Law of Witnesses in 2 Nephi, Coping Financially after My Husband’s Death, The Abrahamic Covenant: A Blessing for All People, The Exodus: Seeing It as a Test, a Testimony, and a Type, Bernard Lefrandt: Dutch-Indonesian Pioneer. The nations which are the descendants of Abraham have the potential to be obedient to God because of their lineage. It was Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh that were told they would be like a fruitful vine running over the wall; a Nation of people spreading around the world protected by God and given more blessings than all their brothers and relatives. Other nations have colonized countries around the world but it is only the British who invested time and money into building these colonies into self sufficient and sustainable Countries in their own right. God has created mankind mortal, we will not live forever. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. 6:11; 2 Ne. *Find out where God wants you to serve him. The Abrahamic Covenant is really the beginnings of the formal revelation of the covenant of grace, of … The Nation of Judah is the only Nation recognised as Israel today. 2. God hates idolatry and His people have gone astray from His laws and commandments and lost knowledge of His Sabbaths and Holy Days and what they represent. However, the Nations of Britain and America have turned away from God and refused to acknowledge Him in any way. "The blessing of Abraham." Rome began to call itself Christian a few hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, but like all the Empires of the Gentiles which came before it, Rome has never had a history of obedience to God or His laws. (Revelation 7:1-8). Deuteronomy 32:19-20. God has given us laws and rules along with His Plan for the optimum outcome of our physical lives; and the reward for obedience to God’s laws is immortal life as God’s children. In the last days, the Lord has called the covenant children of the ancient patriarchs “a light unto the Gentiles, and through this priesthood, a savior unto my people Israel.” (D&C 86:11.) 19:1–8). America became a global super power from 1898 and today is the world’s most dominant economic and military power. Could other Great Empires of the world be the recipients of the blessings given to Israel? Britain and America are the descendants of Joseph’s sons Ephraim and Manasseh; they have been given all the blessings of Deuteronomy 28:1-8. Even with our understanding of exaltation, eternal families, and the nature of God and his work, we can scarcely envision the magnitude of that promise the Lord made to Abraham. God will turn away His face from us. God reaffirmed those blessings by saying that Isaac’s descendants would be numerous as the stars of Heaven; they would be given entire Countries. Abraham’s and Sarah’s son and grandson, Isaac and Jacob, received similar promises and became subject to the same covenants and obligations Abraham had received. The New Covenant blessing of Abraham That righteousness comes by faith is the blessing of Abraham, and circumcision was merely a witness to the blessing. ), The principle of adoption brings those who are not Abraham’s descendants but who accept the gospel into his family. Genesis 35:9-12.” And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 11:17–19.) The Lord promised to bless Abraham and make him the father of many nations, He promised to make him exceedingly fruitful, to keep His covenant with him throughout the generations, and to give his descendants the land he showed him … They are chosen to service, in the same sense that individual Latter-day Saints are chosen for callings in the Church. 1 Kings 14:7-10.” Go tell Jeroboam, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over My people Israel, And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you: and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments, and who followed Me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in Mine eyes;  But have done evil above all that were before you. God promised Abraham and his descendents great blessings. The ordinances of baptism, the priesthood, and celestial marriage were made available to him and his seed. And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ), Promise 4: “In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” (Gen. The Abrahamic covenant is a unilateral covenant that God made with Abraham. The Abrahamic Covenant Bible story is from the book of Genesis and begins with chapter 12 as God calls upon Abraham to go to the land of Canaan where he promises to "make of him a great nation," a blessing unto to mankind through his descendants all families of the world shall be blessed. Israel adopted his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh so they would receive inheritance as his own sons. When Jesus founded the New Testament Church four thousand years had already gone by and the last two thousand years (two days) began. God has established His people as He promised Abraham. Opinions as to how and why such an outcome could happen have been many and varied on both sides. Few people today realise that the strength and wealth of the British Empire and America are the result of the blessings God promised Abraham. The Jewish people worship One God, which made them anathema to Pagans who worship an entire pantheon of gods. (See Gen. 26:3–4; Gen. 28:13–14; Gen. Jacob tricked Isaac into giving him Esau’s blessing. Genesis 13:1,2 tells us that Abraham walked in prosperity. America was originally part of the British Empire and a British Colony up until 1776 when it declared independence. Luke 22:20), which was ratified by Jesus Christ, the son of Abraham and Redeemer who will one day “restore everything” (Acts 3:21). 2:11.) God has created mankind mortal, we will not live forever. In these last days of the history of the world, two nations fulfil the description of the blessings given to Ephraim and Manasseh; The British Commonwealth of Nations and the ‘Great Nation’ America. Isaac and all his descendants received the promises because of Abraham’s obedience. Every faithful man and woman can receive its blessings to the fullest degree, by accepting baptismal and temple covenants and by living righteously. In 1996 the stone from the Coronation Chair was returned to Scotland and will only return to London on loan for a coronation. And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. When Solomon the son of David was on the throne of Israel, even though he started off well and had God’s spirit to help him, he began to practice idolatry. The following examples mention four promises: Promise 1: “Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: “For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. The covenant with Abraham pertained to his children collectively as well as individually. The blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant are available in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ: And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed (Gal. The second aspect of the Abrahamic ministry of salvation is this calling that Abraham’s covenant children have received: to take the gospel and its blessings to the rest of God’s children. 2. The other ten Nations, known in history as the lost ten tribes, lost their identity and do not know that they are Israelites. How did he deliver on his promise? The Lord gave the land of Canaan as a blessing to Abraham, his wife Sarah, and his covenant children. (See 3 Ne. God promised amazing blessings to the descendants of Abraham, blessings that would be passed down from generation to generation to ‘the last days’. And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. Millions of men worldwide have been named after this great patriarch, attesting to the legacy of his life and deeds and to the honored memory in which his descendants hold him. The Abrahamic Covenant is actually the gospel in advance! Of all men on earth, the Lord chose this faithful man to become the father of a covenant people. The original Hebrew word for man was (ish). The Abrahamic covenant blesses those who are not of Abraham’s lineage in a very direct way. 262–64, 267.) Genesis 25:23.” And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.”. One example is the judicial laws of God which were given to His Church in the wilderness and now used in England. Each of his sons is a Nation somewhere on the Earth today, The Nations of Israel are:  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,  Zebulun, Isaacher, Dan, Gad, Asher, Joseph and Benjamin. The last days are the end of the six thousand years allotted to mankind, which makes them right about now. Salvation would be offered through the Jewish Messiah, Jesus, to the world – to both Jew and Gentile. And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.”. How did the Prophet Joseph Smith respond to skepticism in his time? The blessing of Abraham that Paul was referring to is that all nations will be blessed thru him. When Esau and Jacob were older Isaac’s eyesight was failing and he told Esau his firstborn to make him some venison and bring it to him and he would bless him. And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.”. When we look for a Company of Nations and a Great Nation in the world today, we see the British Commonwealth of Nations, which as the British Empire was the largest Empire in the history of the world. The purpose of human existence is to learn to make the right CHOICE in life. Foremost among the blessings that the family of Abraham brought about is the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Sacred Promises 1. The third and last part of the Abrahamic covenant is known as the promise of blessing and redemption. It is said to be the one Jacob used as a pillow when he dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven, and to have come to Scotland via Egypt, Spain and Ireland with a white haired Patriarch who had with him the daughter of an Eastern King with the Hebrew name of Tea-Tephi. (See Gen. 22:1–18; Heb. For over a hundred years the British Empire was the foremost global power, ruling over four hundred and twelve million people, twenty three percent of the world’s population, and because one quarter of the Earth’s surface was ruled over by the British Empire it was called ‘The Empire upon which the sun never set’. The difference between the Pagan Gentile Empires and the former nations of Israel show their origins. “And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Gal. Modern revelation testifies of a heavenly fulfillment: “Abraham received promises concerning his seed, and of the fruit of his loins … which were to continue so long as they were in the world; and as touching Abraham and his seed, … both in the world and out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars; or, if ye were to count the sand upon the seashore ye could not number them.” (D&C 132:30.). And when the Lord saw it He abhorred them because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters and He said I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. The Jews continue to keep the seventh day Sabbath of God which God says is a sign of His people. The Nation of Joseph includes his two sons Ephraim and Manasseh, who were adopted by Israel. Deuteronomy 28:9-10.”The Lord shall establish you an holy people unto Himself, as he has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. In the Old Testament, we read how God postponed the promise of the land when his people refused to serve him. Between 1815 and 1914 the British Empire was the largest Empire in the history of the world. status/authority: victim and killer possessed the same status God’s covenant with Abraham (promises, sign) and why Isaac’s birth is crucial God promises to bless Abraham. So God took ten nations of the Kingdom of Israel from Solomon and gave them to his servant Jeroboam. This promise finds its fulfillment in the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31–34; cf. The twofold missionary calling of the latter-day children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is (1) to gather others of the house of Israel back to the covenants that God made with their forefathers and (2) to gather all others who desire to become one with them. The Heirs of the Promises When the scattered tribes of Israel again accept the ancient Abrahamic covenant, the Lord will gather them fully, in peace, to their lands of promise. 22:18.). Deuteronomy 1:16-17,23.” And I charged your judges at that time, saying, hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. The answer is in the scattering and the gathering. 11–13). 2:10.). (Revelation 20:4), Hebrews 1:1-2.”God Who at sundry times and in diverse manners spoke in time past to the fathers the Prophets has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, Whom He has appointed Heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds.”. Praise God for his faithfulness! Hebrews 11:18. . When the Lots were drawn, Bethel fell within the boundary of the inheritance of Joseph, so Ephraim and Manasseh inherited the pillow stone of Jacob. Without God allowing circumstances to evolve, man can do nothing. The current Queen Elizabeth II was crowned sitting on a throne in Westminster Abbey which housed a stone known as “the stone of Destiny” or “the Stone of Scone” or “Jacob’s pillow stone.”   The stone was built into the Coronation Chair of Westminster Abbey in London in the thirteenth century. ), Yet the scriptures clearly state that this promise is conditioned upon the people’s righteous behavior. Genesis 26:3-5. Today, one can see this promise partially fulfilled in the many millions who look upon Abraham as their ancestor. The English use of a twelve man jury in deciding matters of law, reinstated in England by Aethelred 966-1066, an already existing custom, the origin lost in the mists of time. In the Battle of Britain the British Airforce had fewer men, fewer guns and fewer planes yet managed to defeat the might of the German Luftwaffe and thwart Hitler’s plans for an invasion of Britain. “And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He does according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the Earth: and none can restrain His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?”. God has always love to deal with Man in covenants .A covenant is an agreement between two people sealed by an oath of blood.Gods blessings are free but are conditional .If the blessings are unconditional,then it is called a promise .This means you have a part to play to commit His … 17:7. 2:9.). Thus, Latter-day Saints today can rightly perceive the covenant of the Patriarchs as being a covenant between God and themselves. God originally promised Abraham that He would make the patriarch great, give him many descendants, and make him the agent through which all the families of the earth will find blessing (Gen. 12:1–3). We are heirs to the gospel and the priesthood because of the covenant God made with Abraham. o Blessing - the Abrahamic Covenant would be an everlasting covenant for Israel and for the world. Each party takes upon himself, as part of his acceptance of the covenant, certain obligations that pertain to the relationship. All the superstitions and idolatry of Pagan nations have continued through Kingdoms of men that began in Babylon. Few countries are as blessed in the Earth as America, it truly is a bountiful country, with vast expanses of fertile land and blessings of Heaven; the Great Lakes of North America is a fresh water resource containing one fifth of the world’s fresh surface water supply. The stone has been used as the coronation stone for hundreds of years for many of the Kings of Ireland, Scotland and England. The tribes of Israel were given Sabbaths and laws of God because they are the Covenant people. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.”. The fact is that God fights the battles for His people as He promised He would. Israel was the father of many nations. When the prophets announced blessings to Israelites who persevered in covenant obedience or returned to the Lord after grossly breaking His law, they promised the very blessings we have just listed. God made marvelous promises to the patriarch of the chosen nation. 15:13; 3 Ne. Hope in Christ Marks First Presidency Yule Program, Worldwide Celebration Notes Young Women Anniversary, Elder Joseph Anderson Celebrates 100th Birthday, Huntsville Saints Survive Tornado’s Destruction, Study Shows Healthy Habits Cut LDS Heart, Cancer Deaths, “The Abrahamic Covenant: A Blessing for All People,” Ensign, Feb. 1990, 51. 3:27–29. And He shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.”, ONLY THE TRIBE OF JUDAH IS CALLED ISRAEL TODAY. For you have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back: Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisses against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, till it be all gone.”. 11:26–25:10.) However none of the Nations of Israel have turned back to God to obey Him faithfully. When He covenanted with Abraham, He promised that, through his posterity, all the families of the earth would be blessed with the “blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even life eternal” (Abraham 2:11). The Lord... 3. The Abrahamic promise of countless descendants pertains to the eternal world as well as to descendants on earth. When King Solomon, King Saul, the Nation of Israel and the Nation of Judah, went astray, God cast them out of His sight. A Promised Land It is the Hebrew word Jahve, the One who keeps His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob throughout all generations. Genesis 48;3-5.”And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz (Bethel) in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession. 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